August 12, 2013
Mercury News – By Josh Richman With summer recess behind them and the legislative session’s five-week homestretch ahead, state lawmakers face a fusillade of gun-control bills that could move California far beyond what any other state has enacted — including proposals to ban a wide range of semi-automatic rifles and …
March 6, 2013
Yesterday, NRA-backed House Bill 2760, sponsored by Delegate Rupie Phillips (D-24), passed by a voice vote in the state House Judiciary Committee. NRA-ILA, Posted on March 6, 2013 HB 2760 would strengthen current firearms preemption laws by removing existing “grandfather” clauses for certain localities to ensure a uniform set of firearms laws …
February 1, 2013
“Critics say the National Rifle Association, in its efforts to block gun-control laws it says are unconstitutional, has used many of the strategies pioneered by the tobacco lobby, at least until a national settlement with state attorneys general forced cigarette makers to change some of their ways. Those tactics include …
December 2, 2010
The Oregonian, Wednesday, December 01, 2010, 11:13 AM Portland’s City Council this morning unanimously approved five new local gun control measures crafted by the mayor in an effort to reduce gun violence in the city. “Will this end up in court? Most certainly so. Will we fight it? Absolutely. What’s at …
November 2, 2010
“County-based action in the field of weapons control is not excepted from the general rule of State preemption…